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The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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Alas! I do not believe that inspiration falls from heaven. think it rather the result of a profound indolence.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.
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Perhaps I know to what extent I can go too far.
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You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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The joy of youth is to disobey but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.
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The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.
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The cinema is death at work.
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The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your heartstrings if they extend across the barricade.
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The artist must know how far to go too far.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.
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Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility... It insists on living its own life.
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Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.
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Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
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